Curtain support



July a. 1924. 1,5co,999

W. E. KURTZ July 8 1.924g

vv. E. KURTZ CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed June 11.1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @4M/, By www A TTRNEYS Patented July S, i924.

WILLIAM E. KURTZ, `OIE* LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOI-IN KRODER i & HENRY REUBEL COMPANY, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW CURTAIN SUPPORT.

l Application filed June 11, 1920. Serial No. 388,194. Y

T 0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

.Be it known ,that I, `WILLIAM E. KURTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the count-y of Los Angeles and State of California, have 'invented a certain new and useful Curtain Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to curtain support-s and has for its object to provide a curtain l0 support consistingof a bracket member and a rod member adapted to have a straight, sliding engagement one with the other and provided with interlocking means to prevent accidental separation which preferably k bracket members by a disengagementof the interlocking means initiated by an upward movement of the rod due to the rebound from a downward pull. on the curtain supported by the rod.

A further object of -my invention is to Y provide a curtain support, the bracketmembers of which are identical, in order to obviate the necessity of right and left members, and the rod member of Ywhich can be used either side up or end for end.

Otherv and further objects of my invention will be apparent from the following description of oneembodiment thereof and from the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure l isa perspective of an assembled curtain' support of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 a side elevation of the end of rod member and of a bracket member of the embodiment of Figure l in separated relationship;

Figure 3 a plan of parts shown in Figure 2 with the members in assembled relation ship;

Figure t an enlarged'section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows; Y K

Figure 5 a view similar to Figure 2 of another embodiment, and 1 Figure 6 a view similar to Figure 2 'of another embodiment. n

Similar reference characters refer t0 similar parts throughout the drawings.

are maintained in interlocking relationship Although the invention is capable of em-V bodiment in many different types Nof curtain supports and is capable of wide modification Y 1n the., application of the inventive'idea to those types, one type of curtain support and one general application of the invention to that type have been chosen for purposes of illustration. i Y

The type of curtain support chosenV for purposes of illustration is the so-called eX- tension curtain support, consisting of a curtain rod having ends extending at right angles to the main body of the rod and supported in horizontal position by the enga-gement of said ends with brackets secured adjacent the window or other part in front Yof which the curtain is to hang. The main body of the rod telescopes so thatthe redis adapted for windows of varying widths; in other words, the rod can be extended to lit wide windows, hence the term extension curtain rod.

Referringto the embodiment of the drawings, an extension or teleseoping rod of ordinary type is shown, comprising telescoping portions l and 2 having, respectively, right-angled extensions or ends 3 and 4. A slideway of any desired type is provided on so Y each end which may take the form of inturned edges or iianges' and 6 as in Figures l to 5, inclusive, of the drawings or' of'av tubular member 23 as in Figure 6 of the drawings. The slideway is provided with holes or openings (or merely depressions without complete removal of themetal) for interlocking engagement with the bracket members as will appear hereinafter. In Figures l to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, holes 7 and 8 areshown. for this purpose, and in Figure 6 of the drawings, Yholes 27 and 28 are shown for a like purpose.. Asthe rod ends are intended to have a straight, sliding movement for engagement with thelbrackets (as distinguished froma pivotal or turni ing movement, which necessitates lifting of the rod to engage and disengage it from the brackets, such for example as is shown in patent to Kroder' No. 1,196,704, granted August 29, 1916, for extension curtain-rod), the holes preferably are at a. substantial distance from the entrance of thesli'deway. A

Each bracket member in the embodiments illustrated is shown as consisting of a base Vplate 10 provided with any desired means,V

. members, the slide piece is provided` with a pin or key or projection adapted to engage the. cooperating hole in the slideway described above. In Figures 1 to 4f, inclusive, rof the drawings, pins 1Q; and 13 are shown on the top and bottom ot' the slide piece and adjacent the end thereof. In'Figure 5 of the drawing, the pins 12 and 13 are intermediate the end and base. 1n Figure 6 of the drawings, pins 32 and 33 are shown as adjacent the ends, but, ifdesired,rmay be located as in Figure 5. The'location of the pins is-not important so long as the straight, sliding engagement of the yrod ends and 'brackets is not interferedv with. Each bracket is identical, thereby obviating the necessity of providing right and left members. It also is preferable to have-the portion of the slide piece adjacent itsy bracket the full sizer of the slideway to insure a close tit, thus necessitating that the slide piece taper in order to provide pins capable of entering in the slid'eway. y I Y Each bracket can be used on either side of a window and with its base plate 10 turned either in or out. The rod in like manner can be applied to the brackets as is most convenient without the necessity either ot determining the proper end for the proper bracketv or of turning the rod end :tor end il the lirst attempted engagement of the rod with the brackets is not correct.

It is obvious that, if desired, only one hole could be provided in the slideWay and only one projection on the slide piece. rLhis would necessitate a selectioniof the right and left brackets and the application ot the rod to the brackets only in one manner. The oppositely positioned holesandpins render the rods and brackets universal in attachment and in use as described above. The oppositely positioned holes and pins also prevent an accidental disengagement of the interlocking. holes and pins if the curtain is pulled downwardly and then released, as the rebound will cause an engagement of thelower holes and pinsso that the upper holes and pins will engage again when the rod assumes normal position, in which the weight ofY the rod supplemented by any curtain supported thereby tends to maintain the holes and pins inv interlocked relation to. prevent separation of the rod and bracket.

VThe relative location of the sli-deways and slide piece may be interchanged within the contemplation of the invention, as it is obvious that the slideways could be located on the bracket and the slide pieces on the rod ends. The pin and hole interlocking arrangementlikewise could be reversed with the pin on the slideways and the hol'eon the slide piece.

Many modifications of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing therefrom or from the scope of the claims, my invention not being. limited tothe embodiments chosen for purposes of illustration, but consisting o'l a curtain `support having` rod and bracket members engaging with a straight., sliding movement and maintained against accidental separation by interlocking engagement.

What I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

j 1. AIn a curtain support, a bracket Vmember having a slide piece extending therefrom, a rod member, one end portionof which is telescopically slidable withk regard tosaid slide piece with sutiicient play topermit a certain amount of tree up and down movementof the rod member when engaging the slide piece, said slide piece and rod end portion having vertically opposed projection and recess adaptedV to cooperate to oppose relativesliding between saidk members when the latter are fully engaged but permitting relative up and down movement therebetween, whereby when. saidf members `are so engaged, the above-mentioned. play between'the bracket and rod permit-sv the lat'- ter to move by its own Weight to a position in which the projection engages in the re'- cess.

2. In a curtain support, a bracket member having a slide piece extending. therefrom, a rod member, one end portion of whichl is telescopically slidable with regard to said slide piece with suiiicient play to permit a certa-in1 amount ot up and down movement ofthe rod member when engaging the slide, piece, said slide piece and rod end portion having a vertically opposed projection and recess adapted to cooperate to oppose relative sliding between the' members when ,the latter are Jfully engaged but permitting relative up and down movement therebetween, said projection and recess being located at a substantial distance from the end of the rod when the members are said last-mentioned position, whereby the rod may tilt downwardly by its own Weight when fully engaged, to a position in which the projection lits in the recess.

Inftestimony that I- claim the foregoing, I i

have hereunto set my hand this 1stday oi June, 1920.v Y

WILLIAM E. KURTZ. 

